Day Three Hundred Twenty Four 2013

WEDNESDAY this and that

Neil and I went for a walk around the block after our Slim Fast lunch today ~ this hill gets your heart pumpin’

Grandson Elijah after school telling me about his day

Ray of light kind of day ~ sky was so blue

Also a doughnut kind of day ~ Ralph’s rules!

Also a pizza kind of day ~ supper with peeps at Mamma Rosa’s ~ Granddaughter Shelby ready for a bite of pepperoni

My ooey gooey cheesy mushroom pizza dripping off the plate ~ yummalicious. Wednesday was pretty tasty. Was yours?

Day Two Hundred Eighteen 2013

Randomness

Lunch with the lions in Dogwood Park today. [This cool bench would look great in my yard.]

On this date in 1945, the U.S.  B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the “Little Boy” atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This is not the Enola Gay as you may well have suspected. Neil flew his plane this afternoon. It started to rain on his way home, so he had to dump it on the front porch to get it quickly out of the wet.

Obesity continues to be one of the nation's leading public health problems - health officials call it a longstanding epidemic. A third of U.S. children and teens and more than two-thirds of adults are obese or overweight. But a recent study shows that in 18 states, there were at least slight drops in obesity for low-income preschoolers, health officials said Tuesday.  Three states - Colorado, Pennsylvania and Tennessee - increased. Really? I can’t imagine why. [BTW, Neil and I enjoyed our supreme personal pans at Pizza Hut/Taco Bell for supper this evening. Maybe I’ll do some extra sit-ups. No. Wait. I haven’t done sit-ups since I quit my exercise class three years ago.] Stick a fork in me; I’m done.

Day One Hundred Thirty One 2013

Lunch with peeps at Gondola Pizza House ~ from left: grandson Elijah, daughter Kelly, grandson Knox, hubby Neil, granddaughter Shelby, and daughter Holly. Yummy pizza at probably the only place in town at lunch today that wasn’t swamped with TTU graduates and their families [although Gondola had several tables already reserved for large groups. Timing is everything.] Happy Saturday, everyone!

Day Thirty Three 2013

Ever Lovin’ Saturday!

Grandson Elijah’s Vision Basketball team played hard today. This tall fellow here on the orange team gave the blue team a lot of grief. They all played well. I don’t know what the score ended up being, but I think Elijah’s team lost. He got his team’s hustle award after the game. His sister Shelby snapped this photo and shared it with me so I can share it with you. I told her she should be a sports photographer.

Lunch at Momma Rosa’s after the game. The pizza was delicious.

More snowfall this afternoon.

It was a beautiful little blizzard for a few minutes and then it disappeared.

Grandson Knox enjoyed watching the snow and the birds and blowing on the window pane.

Yummy stew for supper

The napkin basket makes a great hat.
My favorite kind of Saturday has always been getting to spend it with my peeps!

Day Thirteen 2013

Fresh out of the Pizza Hut oven, a hot gooey personal pan supreme hit the spot for supper—comfort food on a rain-drenched evening. A huge storm blew through our town, lots of rain and wind and lightning and thunder and flooding and tree limbs everywhere. When Neil and I got to Pizza Hut, the outside temperature was 64 degrees. When we left, it was 60, and on our way home, less than two miles away, we watched the temperature drop to 46 degrees on the truck thermometer. So the forecasted cold front blew into town after the storm. Monday is going to feel like winter again.

Day Three Hundred Twenty Eight 2012

The turkey and dressing are but a sweet memory.

Grandson Knox says, “Happy TGIF, everybody!”

Day Two Hundred Seventy Six 2012

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!
~Jay Leno  (You know what else? There is a quote for everything.)

Neil and I enjoyed our fabulous mushroom pizza at Gondola tonight. Neil did not always enjoy mushroom pizza. I think it was on our second date, waaay back in early 1972, we landed at Gondola, only it was in a different location then. They had, and still do have, some of the best pizza on the planet (and they still cut it into squares, not triangles, which I think makes it taste even better.) I guess he thought he’d be sweet and let me order the pizza. Much to his horror, I ordered a mushroom pizza. I didn’t learn, until years later, that he was horrified at the time, because he ate it and didn’t complain. Sweet, huh? He has since changed his tune about mushroom pizza and enjoys it as much as I do. I reminded him tonight about that second date and how we seem to have come full circle. Like a pizza.

Day Two Hundred 2011

Tuesday at the beach. Once again, God blessed us with perfect weather and the clearest and calmest of seas. The water was so placid today that even grandson Elijah had the best time swimming around like a little merman. Grand daughter Shelby and son in law Jerry enjoyed snorkeling in that clear water. It was simply a great day to spend at the beach. We hit the Mellow Mushroom for a delicious pizza supper. After that, Elijah and Shelby climbed into giant hamster-type balls and rolled around in a pool of water. It is hilarious watching these little kids trying to stand up and run inside these huge balls on water. They had a great time. Back at the beach, hubby Neil and sons in law Jerry and Kerry did a little fishing in the Gulf but didn't catch anything. They plan to try again tomorrow. And they're looking into some deep sea fishing later this week. By the end of our days here, we are all pleasantly exhausted. Good times. Hope you can watch the short video posted here.

Day Eight 2011

Happiness is sharing a hot, gooey pizza for lunch on a cold winter Saturday with warm, lovable peeps!